WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 FIRST EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
Enrolled Senate Bill 1001
BY SENATORS BLAIR (MR. PRESIDENT) AND WOELFEL
(BY REQUEST OF THE EXECUTIVE)
[Passed May 21, 2024; in effect from passage]
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1 AN ACT supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys out of the Treasury
2 from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance in the State Fund,
3 General Revenue, to the Department of Health, Department of Health – Central Office,
4 fund 0407, fiscal year 2025, organization 0506, Office of the Inspector General, fund 0437,
5 fiscal year 2025, organization 0513, Department of Health, Consolidated Medical Services
6 Fund, fund 0525, fiscal year 2025, organization 0506, Department of Human Services,
7 Division of Human Services, fund 0403, fiscal year 2025, organization 0511, by
8 supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025,
9 by adding new items of appropriation.
1 WHEREAS, The Governor submitted the Executive Budget Document to the Legislature
2 on January 10, 2024, containing a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth
3 therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2023, and further included the estimate of revenue for the
4 fiscal year 2025, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular appropriations for the
5 fiscal year 2025;
6 WHEREAS, The Governor submitted to the Legislature an Executive Message dated May
7 19, 2024, and included a Statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, for the fiscal year 2025;
8 and
9 WHEREAS, It appears from the Statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, there
10 remains an unappropriated balance in the State Treasury which is available for appropriation
11 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025; therefore Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
1 That Chapter 11, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session, 2024, known as the budget
2 bill, fund 0407, fiscal year 2025, organization 0506, be supplemented and amended to read as
3 follows:
4 TITLE II – APPROPRIATIONS.
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5 Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
57 - Department of Health –
Central Office
(W.V. Code Chapter 16)
Fund 0407 FY 2025 Org 0506
General Appro- Revenue priation Fund
1 Personal Services and Employee Benefits .............................. 00100 $ 3,362,243
2 Salary and Benefits of Cabinet Secretary
3 and Agency Heads ............................................................ 00201 358,400
4 Unclassified ............................................................................ 09900 6,459
5 Current Expenses ................................................................... 13000 225,201
6 Capital Outlay and Maintenance (R) ....................................... 75500 70,000
7 BRIM Premium........................................................................ 91300 169,791
8 Department of Health Reserve ................................................ XXXXX 5,013,844
9 Total ................................................................................... $ 9,205,938
10 Any unexpended balances remaining in the appropriations for Capital Outlay and
11 Maintenance (fund 0407, appropriation 75500), Emergency Response Entities – Special Projects
12 (fund 0407, appropriation 82200), Tobacco Education Program (fund 0407, appropriation 90600),
13 and Pregnancy Centers – Surplus (fund 0407, appropriation 49999) at the close of the fiscal year
14 2024 are hereby reappropriated for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025.
15 Any unexpended balances remaining in the appropriation Chief Medical Examiner (fund
16 0407, appropriation 04500) at the close of fiscal year 2024 shall be transferred to Chief Medical
17 Examiner appropriation (fund 0432, appropriation 04500).
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18 Any unexpended balances remaining in the appropriation Safe Drinking Water Program
19 (fund 0407, appropriation 18700) at the close of fiscal year 2024 shall be transferred to
20 Environmental Health Services appropriation (fund 0417, appropriation 30002).
21 Any unexpected balances remaining in the appropriation Statewide EMS Program
22 Support (fund 0407, appropriation 38300) at the close of fiscal year 2024 shall be transferred to
23 Statewide EMS Program Support appropriation (fund 0434, appropriation 38300).
24 Any unexpended balances remaining in the appropriation Office of Medical Cannabis
25 (fund 0407, appropriation 42001) at the close of fiscal year 2024 shall be transferred to Office of
26 Medical Cannabis appropriation (fund 0427, appropriation 42001).
27 Any unexpended balances remaining in the appropriation Office of Medical Cannabis –
28 Surplus (fund 0407, appropriation 42099) at the close of fiscal year 2024 shall be transferred to
29 Office of Medical Cannabis – Surplus appropriation (fund 0427, appropriation 42099).
30 Any unexpended balances remaining in the appropriation Vaccine for Children (fund 0407,
31 appropriation 55100) at the close of fiscal year 2024 shall be transferred to Vaccine for Children
32 appropriation (fund 0418, appropriation 55100).
33 Any unexpended balances remaining in the appropriation Maternal and Child Health
34 Clinics, Clinicians and Medical Contracts and Fees (fund 0407, appropriation 57500) at the close
35 of fiscal year 2024 shall be transferred to the Maternal and Child Health Clinics, Clinicians and
36 Medical Contracts and Fees appropriation (fund 0405, appropriation 57500).
37 Any unexpended balances remaining in the appropriations Office of Drug Control Policy
38 (fund 0407, appropriation 35401) at the close of fiscal year 2024 shall be transferred to Office of
39 Drug Control Policy (fund 0403, appropriation 35401).
40 Any unexpended balances remaining in the appropriations Office of Drug Control Policy –
41 Surplus (fund 0407, appropriation 35402) at the close of fiscal year 2024 shall be transferred to
42 Office of Drug Control Policy – Surplus (fund 0403, appropriation 35402).
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43 Notwithstanding the provisions of Title I, section three of this bill, the Secretary of the
44 Department of Health shall have the authority to transfer funds within the above appropriations:
45 Provided, That no more than five percent of the funds appropriated to one appropriation may be
46 transferred to other appropriations: Provided, however, That no funds from other appropriations
47 shall be transferred to the Personal Services and Employee Benefits appropriation: Provided,
48 further, notwithstanding the above, That for Fiscal Year 2025 the Secretary of the Department of
49 Health shall have additional authority to transfer appropriations between Personal Services and
50 Employee Benefits and other dedicated appropriations within the respective departments to
51 effectuate the 5 percent average salary increases granted during the 2024 regular legislative
52 session: Provided, further, notwithstanding the above, That for Fiscal Year 2025 the Secretary of
53 Health shall have the authority to make transfers from the Department of Health Reserve (fund
54 0407, appropriation XXXXX) appropriation to any general revenue funds under the department.
55 The Secretary shall submit a monthly report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance
56 beginning on August 1, 2024, on transfers made from the Department of Health Reserve
57 appropriation. The report shall provide an individual accounting on each transfer of funds out of
58 the Department of Health Reserve appropriation, including the fund and appropriation to which
59 the transfer was made and a detailed explanation of the need for the transfer. At the request of
60 the co-chairs, the report shall be presented in person to the Joint Committee on Government and
61 Finance.
62 Any unexpended balance remaining in the appropriation Department of Health Reserve
63 (fund 0407, appropriation XXXXX) as of March 31, 2025, shall revert to the unappropriated
64 surplus balance of General Revenue.
65 And, That Chapter 11, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session, 2024, known as the
66 budget bill, fund 0437, fiscal year 2025, organization 0513, be supplemented and amended to
67 read as follows:
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68 TITLE II – APPROPRIATIONS.
69 Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
78 - Office of the Inspector General
(W.V. Code Chapter 16B)
Fund 0437 FY 2025 Org 0513
General Appro- Revenue priation Fund
1 Personal Services and Employee Benefits .............................. 00100 $ 5,583,690
2 Unclassified ............................................................................ 09900 57,469
3 Current Expenses ................................................................... 13000 1,583,603
4 Total ................................................................................... $ 7,224,762
5 From the above appropriation for Current Expenses (fund 0437, appropriation 13000),
6 $73,065 shall be used for informal dispute resolution relating to nursing home administrative
7 appeals and $650,000 shall be transferred to OIG fund 5209.
8 And, That Chapter 11, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session, 2024, known as the
9 budget bill, to fund 0525, fiscal year 2025, organization 0506, be supplemented and amended to
10 add a new item of appropriation:
11 TITLE II – APPROPRIATIONS.
12 Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
79A - Consolidated Medical Services Fund
(W.V. Code Chapter 16)
Fund 0525 FY 2025 Org 0506
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1 Any unexpended balances remaining in the appropriations for Behavioral Health Program
2 – Surplus (fund 0525, appropriation 63100) at the close of the fiscal year 2024 are hereby
3 reappropriated for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025.
4 And, That Chapter 11, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session, 2024, known as the
5 budget bill, fund 0403, fiscal year 2025, organization 0511, be supplemented and amended to
6 read as follows:
7 TITLE II – APPROPRIATIONS.
8 Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
80 - Division of Human Services
(W.V. Code Chapters 9, 48, and 49)
Fund 0403 FY 2025 Org 0511
General Appro- Revenue priation Fund
1 Personal Services and Employee Benefits .............................. 00100 $ 32,554,845
2 Salary and Benefits of Cabinet Secretary and
3 Agency Heads .................................................................... 00201 159,250
4 Unclassified ............................................................................ 09900 5,120,050
5 Current Expenses ................................................................... 13000 5,557,409
6 Child Care Development ......................................................... 14400 3,138,536
7 Jobs & Hope ........................................................................... 14902 2,357,000
8 Social Services ....................................................................... 19500 46,136
9 Behavioral Health Program (R) ............................................... 21900 66,864,419
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10 Family Resource Networks ..................................................... 27400 1,762,464
11 Substance Abuse Continuum of Care (R) ............................... 35400 1,656,000
12 Office of Drug Control Policy (R) ............................................. 35401 567,875
13 James "Tiger" Morton Catastrophic Illness Fund ..................... 45500 373,424
14 In-Home Family Education ...................................................... 68800 1,000,000
15 WV Works Separate State Program ........................................ 69800 1,381,500
16 Child Support Enforcement ..................................................... 70500 6,227,186
17 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families/
18 Maintenance of Effort ......................................................... 70700 23,237,186
19 Child Care – Maintenance of Effort Match ............................... 70800 5,693,743
20 Capital Outlay and Maintenance (R) ....................................... 75500 11,875
21 Medical Services Administrative Costs .................................... 78900 58,017
22 Indigent Burials (R) ................................................................. 85100 1,550,000
23 CHIP Administrative Costs ...................................................... 85601 633,107
24 CHIP Services......................................................................... 85602 12,122,368
25 BRIM Premium........................................................................ 91300 945,891
26 Children’s Trust Fund – Transfer ............................................. 95100 220,000
27 Department of Human Services Reserve ................................ XXXXX 183,437,463
28 Total ................................................................................... $ 356,675,744
29 Any unexpended balances remaining in the appropriations for Behavioral Health Program
30 (fund 0403, appropriation 21900), Substance Abuse Continuum of Care (fund 0403, appropriation
31 35400), Office of Drug Control Policy (fund 0403, appropriation 35401), Capital Outlay and
32 Maintenance (fund 0403, appropriation 75500), Indigent Burials (fund 0403, appropriation 85100),
33 and Office of Drug Control Policy – Surplus (fund 0403, appropriation 35402) at the close of the
34 fiscal year 2024 are hereby reappropriated for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025.
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35 Notwithstanding the provisions of Title I, section three of this bill, the Secretary of the
36 Department of Human Services shall have the authority to transfer funds within the above
37 appropriations: Provided, That no more than five percent of the funds appropriated to one
38 appropriation may be transferred to other appropriations: Provided, however, That no funds from
39 other appropriations shall be transferred to the Personal Services and Employee Benefits
40 appropriation: Provided, further, notwithstanding the above, That for Fiscal Year 2025 the
41 Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall have additional authority to transfer
42 appropriations between Personal Services and Employee Benefits and other dedicated
43 appropriations within the respective departments to effectuate the 5 percent average salary
44 increases granted during the 2024 regular legislative session: And provided, further,
45 notwithstanding the above, That for Fiscal Year 2025 the Secretary of Human Services shall have
46 the authority to make transfers from the Department of Human Services Reserve (fund 0403,
47 appropriation XXXXX) appropriation to any general revenue funds under the department: And
48 provided, further, notwithstanding the above, That no funds may be transferred from Fund 0485,
49 FY 2025 Org 0511 Bureau for Medical Services - Home and Community Based Waiver Programs
50 to any other appropriation. The Secretary shall submit monthly report to the Joint Committee on
51 Government and Finance beginning on August 1, 2024, on transfers made from the Department
52 of Human Services Reserve appropriation. The report shall provide an individual accounting on
53 each transfer of funds out of the Department of Human Services appropriation, including th